Learner feedback and its effects in communication tasks: a pilot study

1981 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Gaies
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Referential Communication ◽  
Learner Interactions ◽  
Pilot Investigation ◽  
Feedback Responses

This article reports on a pilot investigation of learner feedback and its effects on teacher/ learner interactions in second language learning. In twelve ESL (English as a Second Language) dyads and triads, tapes were made of the performance by the participants of a pair of tasks in referential communication. In these tasks, the teacher described verbally a series of six graphic designs in such a way that the learner(s), who had the designs reproduced on a sheet of paper, could determine the order in which the designs were described. Data analysis involved classification of both learner feedback and teachers' post-feedback responses.

scholarly journals Children’s perspectives on the use of robotics for second language learning in the early years of primary education: a pilot study

2019 ◽  
pp. 321-326
Author(s):  
Susan Nic Réamoinn ◽  
Ann Devitt
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Children’S Perspectives ◽  
Play Activity ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Language Data ◽  
Age Range

This paper explores how floor programmable robotics can be used during play to promote language development. This paper describes a two-day pilot in two early years classrooms and presents data collected on children’s perception of the Irish language and using robotics. A sample of 48 children (age range six to seven years) took part in a robotics activity using a bee-shaped robot, called Beebot. The activity was orientated around the children’s second language, Irish. The children took part in a questionnaire before and after the activity about the language and the use of the robot in promoting their use of the language. Data was also collected through video, photos, a focus group, and the teacher’s observations. The main finding of the pilot study was an increase in children’s positive responses towards using the language when integrated into a robotics play activity.

Second Language Learning: Data Analysis

Language ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 216
Author(s):  
Alan S. Kaye ◽  
Susan Gass ◽  
Antonella Sorace ◽  
Larry Selinker
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Learning Data

scholarly journals Factors of Success and Failure in Second Language Learning

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Anita Anita
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
English Speakers ◽  
Language Fluency ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Environment Exposure ◽  
Language Environment

This study aims to examine and elaborate the factors that contribute to the success and failure of English speakers as the second language in the pursuit of this language in three aspects of the language: fluency, language structure and pronunciation. Data for this study was obtained by conducting semi structured interviews with two students at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. Qualitative data analysis shows that factors such as second language learning in the pre-trial period, in the second language environment, exposure to the second language, the ability to acculturate, the motivation and the learning strategies impact on the mastery of the languages in the three areas mentioned above. Data analysis also shows that the existence and absence of such factors in the second language learning period significantly affect the mastery of language in the three areas.

scholarly journals The Anxiety of Language Learning and Language Skills: Conceptual Problems and Helpful Ideas to the Study of English as a Foreign Language

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Asti Gumartifa
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Study Finding ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Language Classroom

Ignoring the fact of anxiety as second language learning is a new issue in the process of acquiring an international language. Teachers seldom recognize anxious students and instead assign a lack of other factor discussions of students’ low accomplishments. in acquiring the English language.  This research intends to assist literature completely on the classification of second language and language skills anxiety. The overviews of decreasing or giving solutions about students’ anxiety in various potential aspects occur. Further items of the questionnaire in measuring students’ anxiety in terms of the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale mentioned. Utilizing qualitative study presents a review in the classroom that aimed to investigate the variations of anxious students. This study finding and solution also describe analysis approaches and examines the educational effects of the result.

scholarly journals What’s English Majors’ View on the Best Time of Second Language Learning?

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Yuchen Shang
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
The Past ◽  
English Majors

Based on relevant theories in the past, this article explores the best time for English majors to learn a second language from the perspective of research methods and data analysis, with a view to providing strategies and references for relevant language learners.

Second Language Learning Data Analysis

1996 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Mary E. Wildner-Bassett ◽  
Antonella Sorace ◽  
Susan Gass ◽  
Larry Selinker
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Learning Data

scholarly journals A pilot study of Alexa for autonomous second language learning

2019 ◽  
pp. 107-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilbert Dizon ◽  
Daniel Tang
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Japanese University ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Personal Assistants ◽  
English Students ◽  
Initial Research

Although initial research involving Intelligent Personal Assistants (IPAs) for language learning have yielded promising results, no study has examined their use in the context of Autonomous Second Language Learning (ASLL). Thus, the main goal of this pilot study was to investigate the use of an IPA, specifically Alexa, for ASLL. Two Japanese university second language (L2) English students participated in a four-week study, which involved the learners interacting with Alexa through the Echo Dot speaker in their respective homes. Learner usage data was collected via the Alexa website and the students’ attitudes toward the IPA for ASLL were evaluated through a survey consisting of 12 Likert-scale items and four open-ended questions. It was found that while the L2 students had positive opinions toward the use of Alexa for ASLL, the learners did not make active use of the technology.

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